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[NOV. 26, 2003]  A local Atlanta worship leader has her holiday hopes set on singing in Nashville. At one in 11, her chances of doing that are now pretty high. Renee Stubblefield is in the third and final round of a competition in which the winner will receive a $100,000 Nashville recording contract.

Stubblefield's quest to Nashville began weeks ago when she attended an open audition and was selected as the winner in this region. She was then invited to participate in the semifinals in Branson, Mo., on Nov. 16.

"The All Night Sing Nashville Starseek Show" narrowed the field to 11 competitors. Each of the performances was video recorded to be put on the World Wide Web for an audience vote.

The Branson-Nashville talent competition takes place yearly, looking for aspiring country and gospel singers. It is sponsored by Dr. Jimmy Fowler of Nashville. Fowler is the second generation of this tradition. His father was the originator of The Oakridge Boys and began Fowler Productions 55 years ago.

Winners of this competition have been launched into highly successful careers. The first winner was none other than the famous Hank Williams. The second year's winner was Patsy Cline.

This year's winner will head to Nashville, Tenn., in April 2004.

 

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While the first part of the competition was judged by Fowler and the contest producers, the next part is to be decided by the viewing audience.

Voting opened Monday (Nov. 24) and goes to Sunday (Nov. 30). You can hear and see the performances at www.wcin.ac. Look under the Nov. 16 performances in the talent contest.

Then, if you would like to help Stubblefield get to Nashville, you can make a phone call by the deadline, and for a small fee you can cast your vote. Stubblefield's artist voting number is 139. The phone number is 1 (900) 446-2323. The cost is only $1.99 per call.

The aspiring gospel singer said, "I greatly appreciate your vote and most definitely your prayers."

Stubblefield leads worship at Faith Christian Centre in Atlanta and is a resident of McLean.

[News release and Jan Youngquist]

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